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I'm glad to have found this wonderful resource. As of late, I've rekindled my interest in Koine Greek, and have been going through an old textbook (An Introduction to New Testament Greek, Huber Drumwright) and was trying to work through an excersise which has stumped me. Here it is...

[face=spionic] profh/thj profh/th| le/gei ei)rh/nhn[/face]

I get that [face=spionic]profh/thj[/face] is Nom Sing. Subject. "Prophet."

The [face=spionic]profh/th|[/face] is Dativ... indirect object (I'm most unsure about this one). Also "prophet."

Of course, [face=spionic]le/gei[/face] is PresActInd 3rd Sing, the verb. "he speaks," or "he is speaking."

Then the [face=spionic]ei)rh/nhn[/face] which looks ACC Sing, Direct object... "Peace."

I can't for the life of me cobble this phrase into an intelligible sentence.
Any hints or tips would be greatly appreciated!

actually, I don't think that's what's implied. There is kind of a strange thing that goes on when they talk about prophets... it's more like "the message he gave was one about peace". It seems common for a prophet to "speak judgment" or "speak peace", etc.

A search on the site "The Unbound Bible" did not show any phrase such as [face=SPIonic]ei)rh/nhn le/gein[/face]. Most passages show ordinary uses of [face=SPIonic]ei)rh/nh[/face], such as "to make peace", "to give peace", "to go in peace",...

A search on the site "The Unbound Bible" did not show any phrase such as [face=SPIonic]ei)rh/nhn le/gein[/face]. Most passages show ordinary uses of [face=SPIonic]ei)rh/nh[/face], such as "to make peace", "to give peace", "to go in peace",...